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Serie A · Matchday 7 Match report

Bologna 1-3 Inter: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

1-3Full time
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Our picks against the result

5 of 12 right

  • Result Inter win54% 1-3
  • Double chance Inter or draw (X2)79% 1-3
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.563% 4 goals
  • More corners Inter60% Inter (2-6)
  • Yellow cards Around average 7 yellow cards · league 3.3
  • Yellow cards 7 yellow cards 3.5 Under61% 4.5 Under78% 5.5 Under90%
  • Corners Around average 8 corners · league 9.5
  • Corners 8 corners 8.5 Over63% 9.5 Over52% 10.5 Under58%

Match stats

Bologna Inter
  • 1 Goals 3
  • 4 Yellow cards 3
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 2 Corners 6

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Bologna vs Inter takes place at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on Saturday 17 October 2026, Matchday 7 of Serie A, with our model backing an Inter win and an Inter win or draw in the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model's result pick is an Inter win, mainly because Inter sit clearly above the Serie A average on our strength ratings while Bologna are only slightly above it. The main point against it is Bologna playing at home, and it is not a small one. What covers that is the gap in quality: Inter lead the table with 16 points and 18 goals from six games, and their recent play has them above the league average by a clear margin in shots and big chances created. Bologna sit 14th with a single win, though they have conceded fewer big chances than most lately. The call is moderate.

Form guide

Bologna

  • W 2-1 at Lecce (A) Serie A · 11 Oct
  • D 1-1 vs Torino (H) Serie A · 19 Sep
  • L 0-1 at Napoli (A) Serie A · 13 Sep
  • D 2-2 vs Sassuolo (H) Serie A · 6 Sep
  • L 0-1 at Atalanta (A) Serie A · 31 Aug

Inter

  • L 3-4 vs Club Brugge (H) Champions League · 13 Oct
  • W 3-0 vs Parma (H) Serie A · 10 Oct
  • D 2-2 at Roma (A) Serie A · 19 Sep
  • W 5-3 vs Udinese (H) Serie A · 14 Sep
  • L 1-2 at Real Madrid (A) Champions League · 8 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

BolognaInter
Attack 53 100 0.8 goals per match this season3.0 goals per match this season
Defence 58 89 1.2 conceded per match this season1.3 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Serie A clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

7Bologna wins
12draws
15Inter wins

34 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 23 May 2026 · Serie A Bologna 3-3 Inter
  • 4 Jan 2026 · Serie A Inter 3-1 Bologna
  • 19 Dec 2025 · Supercoppa Bologna 1-1 Inter
  • 20 Apr 2025 · Serie A Bologna 1-0 Inter
  • 15 Jan 2025 · Serie A Inter 2-2 Bologna

Serie A so far

Serie A records before the match
#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
1 Inter 6 510 18:8 +10 16
14 Bologna 6 123 5:7 -2 5

Positions in our table of 20 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Serie A, Matchday 7
Kick-off
Venue
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Questions and answers

What was the score of Bologna vs Inter?

Bologna 1-3 Inter in the Serie A (Matchday 7) on Saturday 17 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Bologna vs Inter right?

Yes: our result pick was Inter win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-3. 5 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Bologna vs Inter?

7 yellow cards (Bologna 4, Inter 3), no red cards and 8 corners (Bologna 2, Inter 6).

Other Serie A results that day

All results

Times are UTC.